“If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.” IfsShouldFacesPeaceBlackResponsibilityAcceptingRacismDiscriminationAfrican AmericanPatriotismProtestBlack HistoryDisobedienceRacism In AmericaSlanderCivil DisobedienceSmackBlack History MonthAfrican American WomenBlack History Month InspirationalBlack AmericaAfrican American HistoryAfrican American LoveAfrican American InspirationalAfrican American History MonthBlack RacismDiscrimination And Racism Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
“If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.” IfsWayCourageRocksSlaveryAfrican AmericanTenacityLashes Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
“A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow.” IfsDestinyTomorrowStandardsIndividualityBoundariesPrizeLive ByNo BoundariesHope For Tomorrow Author:Mary McLeod Bethune